352 THE FRENCH BLOOD IN AMERICA 



Ship Bill of 

 Fare 



Liberal Treat- 

 ment 



Freed from 

 Taxation 



interesting to note the bill of fare wliicli was set before 

 the transatlantic passengers of that day. From the 

 agreement made before commencing the voyage we take 

 the following : "To every passenger over six years to 

 have 7 pounds of Bread every week, and each mess, 8 

 passengers to a mess, to have 4 pounds Porke 5 days in a 

 week, with pease. 2 days in a week to haA^e 2 four 

 pound piece of Beefe with a pudding with pease. If the 

 kettle cannot be boyled for bad weather, every passenger 

 to have 1 pound of cheese per day," Those who were 

 sick fared better, according to this item among the ex- 

 penditures : "for Brandy, Sugar, figgs, raisons and sugar 

 "busicuits for the sick . . . £5." Wliile fifteen shil- 

 lings were presented "To ye ships crew for brandy," 

 and five shillings "To ye Cooke." 



All the Huguenots who came over with la Muce did 

 not settle at Manakin Town, but scattered themselves 

 through the province along the banks of the James and 

 Rappahannock Rivers ; some even pushing southward 

 into the Carolinas. Those who joined the settlement at 

 Manakin Town were treated very liberally by the gov- 

 ernment of Virginia. By the king's orders the refugees 

 were to be taken under the special protection of the gov- 

 ernor, and the legislature showed every intention of 

 making their settlement as easy and pleasant for them as 

 lay within its power. Public subscriptions were taken 

 for the purpose of relieving their most pressing necessi- 

 ties for food and shelter. 



Says Beverly, in his history of Virginia: "The As- 

 sembly was very bountiful to those that remained at this 

 town, bestowing on them large donations of money and 

 provisions for their support. They likewise freed them 

 from every tax for several years to come, and addressed 

 the governor to grant them a brief, to entitle them to the 

 charity of all well-disposed persons throughout the coun- 

 try, which, together with the king's benevolence, sup- 

 ported them very comfortably till they could sufficiently 



